My idea, My Dream

[Piru]

making it say an 060 processor (which you can actually find in old Macs in abundance)

There we no Macs with 060 CPU made, ever. You can't find 060s from Macs, at all.

Anyway, the thing you're looking for is WinUAE. That's the closest you can get.

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@irishmike

Right, I understand all that. And IMO you will not see such hardware solution, ever, and thus the closest you can get is WinUAE.

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@irishmike

What's wrong with software emulation? It's 1000x cheaper to produce, at least. And faster/price aswell.

[Piru]

I personally think that software emulation is often too slow,

Well it's faster than hardware emulation of any reasonable price.

I will not use Windows, if there was that level emulator on the Macintosh platform (including the whole GUI siutation) I might use the emulator.

Considering Macs are now x86, expect JIT emulation for it soon.

Hardware is always faster than software

Not really. Unless if you're ready to produce hardware that emulates amiga HW faster than some x86 CPU + UAE. It won't be easy. It won't be cheap.

in the case of the dongle I mentioned, runs rings around any software emulator for the Mac SE.

I seriously doubt that. Or of that is the case, the Mac SE emulators are piss poor.

he had to slow it down a little to maintain compatibility.

So what's the point of the speed if you have to slow it down anyway? Doesn't compute.

Besides, even in WinUAE I can not say I want it to be a A4000 with video toaster running a Warp Engine. The hardware emulation could be made to emulate all of this, not that we are thinking of this level, but it is not as limited as the current emulators.

Bad argument. Software emulation can be done to do anything hardware can, only cheaper and easier.

If you are happy with the current emulator, by all means use it, but I am looking for a better solution

I'm not using UAE myself, but eh... hardware solution called Pegasos II.

Anyway, feel free to pursue your dreams. But I still think you're not seeing the whole picture here.

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[Piru]

Well, good luck with your HW project. Let us know when you have it running, emulating Warp Engine and Video Toaster.

(I've only seen it from the sidelines how hard it's to create new HW. However, even that small bit has given me totally new appreciation for the complexity of the task, skill of the people involded and resources/money required.)

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@spihunter

Some call it pessimism, I call it realism. However, I've tried to keep it my opinion. I admit I sometimes can be a bit stubborn, but we all have our failings.

Ideas are to be commented upon, I've brought up my view that this is not very sensible project. But, as always, if someone has the skills to do something like this, has the resources and the money, why the dell not... :-)

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@irishmike

First, my apoligies for not actually reading the initial post with thought. I can now see what you're after, really, and why UAE won't cut it.

If you really are thinking about this, the person you want to talk to is indeed Dennis. Yet, it won't be easy, it won't be cheap, and it for sure isn't going to be sensible in my point of view.

But, as always, ignore the naysayers, and go for your dream. :-)